Daily News | Phillies questions at midseason: Bryce Harper’s power outage, trade deadline outlook, and more
CHICAGO — The All-Star break, now less than two weeks away, symbolizes the halfway mark of the baseball season. But the mathematical midpoint — Game 81 out of 162 — will arrive Friday, as the“It’s gone by pretty quick,” Aaron Nola said.At times, the Phillies’ pennant defense has felt like a car ride over the cobblestones in Old City: slow and bumpy. Rhys Hoskins’late in spring training was less a pothole than a crater, from both a leadership and run-production perspective.
“I know the power’s going to come, and when it comes, I expect it to come in bunches,” manager Rob Thomson said. “We’re just waiting.”Meanwhile, the Phillies will look to add another hitter, likely from the right side, before the Aug. 1 trade deadline. “I’ve got to pick it up a little more and be a little bit more consistent,” said Nola, who has a 4.51 ERA in 17 starts. “But those guys have been great. Our rotation has been rolling pretty well.”Said Dombrowski: “Any time I’ve been with a club that gets on a roll, it’s the starting pitching. You’ve got the big four, and then [Cristopher] Sánchez has thrown well the last couple outings. Hopefully he can continue to do that.
Team officials remain optimistic that Painter will pitch this season and even make his major-league debut. The latter, at least, won’t happen until after the trade deadline, so the Phillies can’t count on Painter as a fifth-starter solution.Maybe Painter can come out of the bullpen, like David Price in 2008. Maybe he can make an impact as a late-season rotation addition.There have been snapshots of Turner’s impact. The game-tying two-run homer off Diamondbacks reliever José Ruiz on May 24.
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